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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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